Shade bracket



Aug. 29, 1933. E. JONAS SHADE BRACKET Filed Aug. 15, 1932 INVENTOR. fdwbrd' Mas ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug 29 1933 m: OFFICE SHADE BRACKET Edward Jonas, New York, N. Universal Home Specialties, Pa;, a corporation of Delaware Application August 13, 1932. SerialNo. 628,65 7 Claims. (01. 156-24) to shade brackets and more particularly to that type of shade bracket which is adapted to be mounted upon the upper This invention relates sash of a window to permit'the raising an'd-loweraccompanying move ing of such uppersash with ment of the shade for the purpose of allowing 'ventilation of the upper portion of the room; Devices of this character have heretofore'been suggested, but in every case, they were 'open to such pronounced disadvantages for one reason or another that they have never gone into extensive use. They entailinvariably cutting of the sash 'or the use of screws, nails or other attaching devices which mar the paint or finish of the sash and require skill and labor.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, convenient and economical construction, which will' serve as amounting for one or more shades upon the upper sash, but which will permit the automatic positioning of the shades out of the pathof 'thlower sash when it is desired to move the sashes by one another for cleaning or for any other purpose. 7 The invention embodies tures constituting markedimprovements on prior structures and directed more particularly to economy and efilciency in operation.- 1

Speaking generally, the shade bracket of the present invention is adapted to be" removably mounted upon the upper sash of a window without the employmentof nails, screws orany other attaching means and by" virtue rather of the in herent properties and construction of anattach ing "clip adapted to straddle the upper edge of the upper sash-and to resiliently mount thebracket thereon. This resilient clip is providedwith bear ings positioned at some little distance from the upper edge of the sash and in these bearings are journalled trunnions of a supporting arm which vided with means to support one or more shades as may be desired. The arm is so formed that when the sashes are moved by one anothenithe arm will engage with the lower sash at apoint considerably removed from the pivot of said arm, so that as the sashes pass'one another, the arm will be automatically moved into a position to shift the shades over the upper edge of the upper sash through the employment of a camming action hereinafter described in detail; r r

The arrangement is such that the sashes'will not exert apre'ssure upon the pivotson dead centers which would serve to unduly strain the r structure or cause the bracket to be disengaged from the sash."

numerous novel feasection and of a size adapting it to is preferably of angularformgandthis arm is pro- Y., .assignor to Inc., Philadelphia,

Featuresof the invention other than those ad 7 verted to, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description andclaimfs, when'read in conjunction With the accompanying'drawing.

The accompanying drawing illustrates different practical embodiments of the invention, but-the constructions therein shown are to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the inventiom Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bracket em bodying the presentinvention, the same beingas sociated with upper and lowersashes ofa window which are shown in fragmental perspective section in this figure. i

Figure 2 is a fragmental section on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a similar view of a i nodified form of the invention associatedwith an' upper sash.

- Figure 4 is a detail of am'odified-form of 0on struction; r

Referring to the drawing, and more particularly to Figures 1 and 2, '1 designates the upper sash and 2 the lower sash of a -window assembly. The present invention as shown in this figure embodies an attaching clip 3, constructed fromsheet metal and preferably fromthin spring steel although any other appropriate material possessing the necessary resiliency and strength may be utilized in the construction of this element. The spring'clip 3 is of inverted U-shapecross upper edge of the upper sash 1.. One leg of the clip 3 is flared outwardly atits end, as'indicated at 4, so as to facilitate its placement on the sash, rwhile the other leg is bifurcated or cutoff as indicated at 5 to provide depending" strips 6, which, when blanked out, are lowerlerids of their contiguous erally by the reference charactertl.

The arm 8 is given a quarter twist indlcated at 11 to form a straddle the provided' at the provided'at its upper endl with laterally extending alined trunnions 9 and from- 1 site lateral edges of the arm to produce theproafter being passed a upper'sash islowered the cam surfaces 18 of the supporting arms will engage with. the lower, sash we r ly-o e from the upper sash the line 21, shown on said arm is pivoted an aperture 13 shaped to receive and hold the trunnion of a shade roller and fromone side oi this aperture extends a slot 14 which facilitates the passage of the trunnion into the aperture through the slot 14 into the aperture-13 and then turned to occupy a vertical position within this I aperture.

If desired, the arm may be cut on: along the line 15 if the single shade is to be supported, but in the structure shown in Figure 1, the arm has a depending portion l6 having therein a second aperture 17 for the trunnion of a second shade roller, and with this aperture 1'7 is also associated a slot 14 to facilitate the entry of the shade roller trunnion into theslotl'l. The angular relation between the, slot and the aperture in each instance precludes inadvertent disengagement ot thetrunnion from the aperture.

In Figure l, the bracket shown. to receive the angulartrunnion of the shade roller or' rollers, but itrwill be understood that the companion bracketsimply' has circular apertures, for the circular trunnions of; the corresponding shade rollers.

Attention is called to the fact that at the elbow.

of the arm, said arm is bent on the arc of a circle as indicated at 18 forming. in effect a cam face, the lowermost point of which is directly above the lower sash 2 This line 21 is obviously at a considerable horizontal distance from the axis of the trunnions 9 by which on the spring clip, and, consequently, when it is'desired to pass the sashes by one another, this may be done without thought of the shades mounted on the bracket, for as the at pointsappreciably off center of their pivots with the result that the supporting arms will be pivoted upwardly'and swung upwardly and out- V the pp edge, o t e pper s sh- Th o o t 5 O e spring ip l w t c u. standing portion '10 of the arm to enter into, this c tc nd e closely to the ppe as as indieated in dotted lines in" Fig. '1, whereby the sashes are free to pass one another without obstruction. The camming surfaces 13 thus provide for an automatic shiftingoi the supporting arms into an out there is no tendency during this operation.

,In Figure 3, Ihave shown the manner in which the present inventionmay be manufactured in of wire into an inverted U-shaped structure. and curling the free ends of the wire to form bear-.

'7 ings 7a for the-trunnions sa oi the arm 8a which trunnions are preferably headed at 22a, A camming surface 18a is also provided} and the-wire forming the arm is'twisted and bent to pro adapted. t support two shade is d e h ur se. t such w m s. u iemlv l t? *9. r 'e srlr s r ed. the e ght Q15 being passed longitudinally tional windows, so that is that adapted .over the 'topf .oi the brackets in the 'past. permits the trunnion to enter the aperture 13 of the waypositionv and to disengage the brackets to fall out.

rs as will, be well understood. Resilient wire 1 formation of the slot 14a a It will benoted that the supporting arm made of a single length of wire twisted and bent in the novel manner shown to provide a structure of extreme simplicity and marked economy. 1

111 Figure 3, the supporting arm is shown'as provided with an integral depending portion 16a in which is formed the aperture 17a for the lower shade roller, but, if desired, this depending portion 160. may be omitted as illustrated in Figure" 4 if but a single shade is desired, 1

It will of course'be understood that-the spring clip is made of such size and shape as to. cooperate with windows of standard sizes and conventional. forms, and experience has shown methat the wire or sheet material used in the making of the pring c i m y be sufi n y hin to oc upy the clearance space normally provided in convene it will be unnecessasry to cut or in any manner 7 whatsoever modify the window construction. To attach theibracket of this invention to a'conventional window,.it is only. necessary to lower the upper sash and press the supporting. clips of the two brackets thercover. a

and its roller will normally hold the spring clips to a seat at the upper edge of the sash and no. force whatsoever is exerted in the direction which would tend to displace the bracket fromthe sash.

The structure of this invention is unusually simple and economical to manufacture. It is thoroughly efficient in use and absolutely auto.-

. V r .It will be noted thatthe weight of the shade,

matic in-its operation of movi-ng the shade to a point exterior of the window when sashes are caused to pass by one another; It will of course be understood that after the supporting arms have been moved to a sash, they are, manually manipulated to return them to their normal po: sitions.

position upwardly and It :will be noted; thatthe apertures 13. V

have slots 14 associated therewith in amanner which is different from. that found in. shade The use oi the slot. 14

from the slot. 'In other words, the round-trunnion is inserted into one bracket and the angular unn o is t po wun on an are or a circ e. to enter the angular trunnion'into the jslot 14v and said trunnion is caused to traverse the length of; the slot'and enter the aperture 13 or 17 as the case may be. When this as hereinbefore stated into its normal position within'the aperture, therefrom andeven when the bracket is swung trunnion is turned it cannot, become released up asindicated, in dotted lines in Figure 1 there willbe no tendency whatever for the shade roller The ,foregoing d tailed description sets forth the invention in itspreferred practical forms, but; the invention is to be understood as fully con mensurate withthe appended claims.

Having thus fully-described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters. Patent is: N

11A shade bracket embodying a spring clip shaped and; proportioned to straddleand grip anuppe w n w edge t h ncut; a h adiacent. one lateral edge thereof, one side of; said clip I 1,924,362 point spaced from its upper adapted to straddle and grip the upper edge of an upper window sash adjacent one lateral edge thereof, said clip being provided at a point spaced from its upper edge with transversely alined bearings, a substantially L shaped supporting arm, one end of which is provided with pivots cooperating with said bearings and the other end of which is provided with an aperture for a shade roller trunnion, said arm being provided at its elbow with a curved camming surface adapted for engagement and cooperation with the upper edge of a cooperating lower window sashto force said supporting arm to swing upwardly when the associatedsashes are moved by one another, the free end of said arm being also provided with a depending portion provided therein with an aperture for the trunnion of a second shade roller.

3. A shade bracket embodying a'springclip of resilient sheet metal of inverted substantially U-shapedcross section adapted to straddle and grip the upper edge of an upper window sash with the leg of the clip which will over lie the inner face of the sash bifurcated by a cut out slot and providedat its lower end withspa'ced apart perforated bearings, a substantially L-shaped supporting arm provided at one end with pivots 00- operating with said bearings and positioned to register with the cut out slot of theclip, the other end portion of said arm being twistedthrough substantially 90 degrees and provided at its free end with an aperture to receive a shade roller trunnion, said arm being formed at its elbow with a curved camming surface adapted to overlie and be engaged by the upper edge of an associated 7 lower window sash when the associated sashes are passed by one another to swing the support- 1 ing arm upwardly until that portion of the arm 7 adjacent the pivots enters the cutout slot of the clip for the purpose of moving the shade associated with said bracket upwardly'and over the upper edge of the upper sash;

4. A shade bracket embodying a spring clipcomprising a length of wire bent into substantialstraddle and grip free ends of the wire adjacent the inner face of said sash and said freeends being curled to provide bearings, a supporting arm embodying a single length of wirereturned upon itself and with said opposite ends bent into parallel relation and extending through said bearings to mount the arm for pivotal movement on the clip, said arm being of substantially L-shaped form with its elbow roundedto form a camming surface adapted to engage with theupper edge of an asverted substantially sociated lower window sash an'd the normal horiw zontal portion of said arm being twisted and bent into a loop to receive a shade roller trunnion.

5. A shade bracket embodying a spring clip,

adapted to straddle and grip the upper edge of an upper window sash adjacent one lateral: edge thereof, said clip being provided at apoint'spaced from its upper edge with transversely alined bearings, a substantially L-shaped supporting arm,

one end of which is provided with pivots coopwhich is provided with an aperture for a shade roller trunnion, and a depending part at. the

latter end of the arm provided with an additional aperture for the trunnion of a second shade roller, 7

said shade roller apertures being formed with entering slots each extending from one side of its assooiatedaperture and closed at its opposite end to provide for, convenient entry of the shade roller f9 1 5 trunnion into its aperture and to preclude inadvertent disengagement of the shade trunnion from its aperture, said arm beingprovided atitselbow with a curved camming surface adapted for enwill over lie the inner face of the sash bifurcated by acut out slot and provided at its lower end with V spacedapart perforated-bearingsa substantially Lv-shaped supporting armprovided at one end with pivots cooperating with said bearings and leg of the saddle whichembodyinga saddle of in A positioned to register'with the cut out slot of the;

saddle, the other end portion of said arm being twisted through substantially 90 degrees and 'pro-' 3 vided at'its free end with'an aperture to receive a shade roller trunnion, said arm being formed curved camming surface i be engaged bythe upper one another to swing 131164 at its elbow with a adapted to overlie and edge of an associated lower window'sash whenthe sashes are passed by supporting arm upwardly until'that portion of the arm adjacent the pivots enters the cut out slots of thesaddle for the purpose of moving the shade associated with said bracket upwardly and over the upper edge of the associated uppersash.

7. A shade bracket U-shaped cross section adapted to straddle the upper edge of an upper window sash adjacent s'aid saddle being provided at a point spaced from its upper edge with transversely alined bearings,

a substantially L shaped supporting arm, one end of which is provided with pivots cooperating with said bearings and the other end of which is provided with an aperture for a shade roller trunnion, said arm being provided at its elbow with a curved camming surface adapted for engagement andcooperation with the upper edge of an associated lowerwindow sashto force said support ing arm to swing'upwardly when the associated sashes'are moved by one another. r

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one'lateral edge thereof;

crating with said bearingsand the other end of 1 25 embodying a saddleof in- I 

